Tom: Em
[Intro]
Am
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[Verse]
Am E
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E Am6
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Am [bend] E
I got myself a story that I would like to tell.
E Am
'Cuz I was once like you are now, I guess it's just as well.
Am [bend] E
Got yourself a tan texas woman, beauty pageant crown,
E Am
But the crown don't look so pretty now... She's out runnin' around.
[Verse]
Am E
I've done my share of waiting, child. I was a lonely boy.
E
But you can't spend your life just sitting around
Am Am6
waiting for other folks to bring you joy.
[Verse]
Am E
Now She was a restless woman with ramblin' on her mind.
E Am
And I was a sweet young innocent thing, just off the assembly line.
Am E
She took me right out on the highway. The lady had a feelin' for speed.
E Am
When we hit 69 on those high bankin' curves I thought, "Well this is all I'll ever need."
[Verse]
Am E
The lady, she had her own set of habits. Do you really think that people can change?
E Am
She went out and found herself another cowboy. Broke my little home on the range.
Am E
It must have been sometime she was out buckin' broncos. I kept the torch lit at home.
E
Something -snapped-, and the torch went -out-,
E Am
and I came to this conclusion all on my own.
[Chorus]
Am E
Rather than sittin' at home, a'waitin' all alone for some sweet woman to be through,
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You got to get yourself a sweet young innocent thing
E D Am
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and keep her home waitin' for you.
[Bridge]
(Spoken:) You ladies know what I'm talking about
[Skat]
Wop bop.
Skeet skat ski-doo-bee-doo-bee dow
A loop-i-dee doop-i-dee lop-bop-i-dee-doo...
Leet dow, bit dow dow
Leet skow bee dowp dowp
Top dop bee doo-bi-de loo-bi-dee
... (Note: I can't really write this all down. Learn to fake it, or just skip this part.)
[Verse]
Am E
They say that God took a rib from Adam. With this he gave eve life.
E Am
Well i don't put much stock in the bible. But this thought keeps me up at night.
Am E
'Cuz if God took something from me to make my lady friend,
E Am
I think it was somethin' I was better off without. cuz' she stuck it right back in again.
[Chorus]
Am E
Rather than sittin' at home, a'waitin' all alone for some sweet woman to be through,
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You got to get yourself a sweet young innocent thing
E D Am
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and keep her home waitin' for you.[Verse]
Am E
And if I sound a little bit harsh, how about you take a look at your own life?
E Am
If you haven't got your own share of scabs, just WAIT! You'll see that I'm right!
[Chorus]
Am E
Rather than sittin' at home, a'waitin' all alone for some sweet woman to be through,
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You got to get yourself a sweet young innocent thing
E D Am
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and keep her home waitin' for you....
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| h Hammer-on
